Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Smokies

These bacon wrapped smokies with brown sugar make a great appetizer! They are easy to make and can easily be made ahead of time & they freeze well!

These bacon wrapped smokies with brown sugar are so yummy! Adding a hint of cayenne pepper makes them extra amazing!

My mom made these for my kids one day while she was here babysitting… and they LOVED them! So being Grandma, she made a whole entire huge bag of them and froze them for us to just pop into the oven when they wanted a few! Don’t worry though, big kids love these too… perfect with a grainy mustard and a cold beer on game day!

Yep, you can make these bacon wrapped appetizers ahead of time and pop ’em in the freezer. Bake them right from frozen when guests show up at your door (just add an extra 5 minutes to the cook time)!

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Holly

Holly is a wine and cheese lover, recipe creator, shopping enthusiast and self appointed foodie. Her greatest passion is creating in the kitchen and making deliciously comforting recipes for the everyday home cook!

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We love these for parties. Thank you for the recipe! I made these for the 4th of July and changed things up a bit.
1. I only added garlic powder to the brown sugar.
2. I lined my cookie sheet with heavy foil then sprayed with Pam.
3. I wrapped each smoky with bacon then dipped in good maple syrup. I then covered in the brown sugar mixture.
4. Placed each on the prepared rack.
I baked for 18 min at 425. While baking I sprayed a second rack with Pam. When one side was done I removed from oven. Using pot holders I placed the second rack over the cooked top side and flipped all the smokies at once! Much faster than one by one.
5. Baked that side to perfection…
YUM! I don’t use toothpicks but you may want to. I took photos but I don’t see where I can include them. Enjoy!

Had a big family get together for easter today and these were a HUGE hit! They were such a hit that I had to make a second batch. I did leave the second batch in longer then the first. I left both sides on for 15 min to make sure they were very crispy. Definitely will keep this as a must for the next get together!

yuuuum! Just baked a few samples and they turned out great. When I reheat them for my party this saturday in the crockpot, I’ll probably add a bit more brown sugar. I’m a ‘sweet’ person :) Thank you so much

I left you a comment last December telling you how everyone enjoyed the Smokies but I thought you would get a kick our of this; I’m going to my In-laws for Thanksgiving and when I asked what I could bring all they said was “bring the smokies. I haven’t found anyone yet that doesn’t like them, so again, thanks for sharing your recipe.

I found that coating both sides of the bacon before wrapping the smokies worked really well for me. Also, I sprayed a cookie rack w/ oil then put the cookie rack on a foil wrapped jelly roll sheet (quick clean up) smokies on the rack keeps the air circulating and the bacon turns out crispy. YUM – none left!

I’ve made these several times now and they are always a hit. Took a batch to a pot-luck at work, didn’t have to worry about taking any of them home with me as they just disappeared. Made a small batch and took to my In-laws for Thanksgiving, same thing. I was actually instructed to make them again for our Christmas get to gather. For the second batch for my In-laws I added a touch of Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning to give then a little extra kick, which they liked. Thanks Holly.

20 some years ago lil smokies weren’t in our budget but a 40 cent package of hot dogs was. We had this same recipe and used hot dogs. It was good too. Can’t wait to try it again with the pepper and some mustard as you suggested.

I make these regularly for company or gatherings, but for a little added kick I add a bit of cayenne to the brown sugar before putting it on the smokies. SO GOOD. One of my favorites, hard to keep my hands off of them! SO GOOD!

We make our with Turkey bacon all the time. They are delicious! One thing the brown sugar doesn’t stick so we sprinkle heavy handed over all of them before baking.while baking shake the pan a little and it costs them perfectly.

I made these the other day for a potluck at my college. I did do mine in the crockpot. What I did first, though, was I wrapped them and put them in a skillet and crisped up the bacon and things first, then tossed them into a crockpot with some homemade peach, vidalia onion and bourbon BBQ sauce. Turned out great! They were a big hit. As for time, I put them in the crockpot on the lowest setting (for me it is “Warm”) overnight. My class is at 6am-10am Monday-Friday, so overnight starting at 9pm was perfect.
Hope that helps! :)

I have been cooking these for years using a crock pot
& they’re delicious! I layer brown sugar, the wrapped smokies then more brown sugar & so on. I do move them around after awhile bc the bottom ones do seem to cook a little more . Can cook on low for several hours or on high for shorter cook times. Delicious & no mess

Hi Holly, the brown sugar bacon wrap look good; i would like know can i use turkey link sausage and turkey bacon? i don’t eat pork at all. can you please email back to let me know if i can use the turkey sausage link and turkey bacon.